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Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 RBC Heritage
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given all of you every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at Harbour Town Golf Links. This Wednesday article will now serve... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 RBC Heritage
Things continue to move at a breakneck pace on the PGA Tour, as just four days after crowning our first Major Champion of 2024, $20 million is up for grabs in the sixth signature event of the year. The battleground on which this lavish prize pool will be contested is one of the most iconic... Read More
Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 Masters
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given all of you every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at Augusta National. This Wednesday article will now serve as a... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 Masters
As the frost recedes and Mother Earth slips into her favorite shade of green, 90 of the best golfers on the planet will play for the right to do the very same. It's Masters week: Christmas for those of us who obsess over this sport 365 days a year, and a sacred patronage for anyone... Read More
Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 Valero Texas Open
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given y'all every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at TPC San Antonio. This Wednesday article will now serve as a final... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 Valero Texas Open
Although many of us in the golfing industry maligned the exclusion of Match Play in the current PGA rota, one tournament, in particular, has received a noticeable bump in star power, looking for one last competitive run before teeing it up in next week's Masters. Ordinarily considered a tame opening act for the year's first... Read More
Mark Hubbard Coming Off A Career Performance
Mark Hubbard has long been known as one of the PGA Tour's premier microwaves -- as his elite iron play allows him to create birdie chances on holes other pros are aiming merely for the putting surfaces themselves. There has perhaps never been a better example of this than two weeks ago at TPC Sawgrass,... Read More
Davis Thompson Looking To Pay Off A Stellar Run Of Ball-Striking
The results haven't quite matched up for young Davis Thompson, but looking strictly at the underlying stats, the former UGA Bulldog seems to be primed for a breakout finish. Thompson ranks inside the top 40 in each of the four strokes gained metrics over his last 50 rounds, and Memorial Park's demanding 7400-yard layout should... Read More
Akshay Bhatia Coming Into Houston With Confidence
The Florida Swing didn't get off to the best start for 22-year-old Akshay Bhatia, as missed cuts at PGA National and TPC Sawgrass extended his streak to three straight truck slams. However, last week's Valspar Championship may have breathed some life into his profile heading into the Lone Star State, as a 17th-place finish in... Read More
Thorbjorn Olesen Still Trying To Find Footing On U.S. Soil
Despite a spectacular run of play in Europe from the Fall of 2023 until January of 2024 that included five top 10 finishes and a win over nine starts, Thorbjorn Olesen hasn't been able to translate that form across the pond. He's made just one cut out of three across Mexico, Palm Beach, and Palm... Read More
Patrick Rodgers Fighting Inconsistencies Heading Into Houston
2024 has been an up-and-down season thus far for Patrick Rodgers, as the former Stanford standout has recorded three top 15 finishes in nine starts but missed three of his last five cuts. Positive signs could be on the horizon, however, as Memorial Park's lengthy layout should suit the big-hitting Rodgers' game to a tee.... Read More
Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given y'all every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at Memorial Park. This Wednesday article will now serve as a final bow... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open
With the Florida Swing now in the rear view mirror, golf fans can officially begin the countdown to the first Major Championship of the New Year! In less than two weeks time, the best players in the world will descend on Augusta National to battle for the title of Masters Champions and a coveted Green... Read More
Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 Valspar Championship
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given y'all every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at Innisbrook's Copperhead Course. This Wednesday article will now serve as a final... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 Valspar Championship
It was a week of ups and downs for us around TPC Sawgrass, as four of our six outright selections ended the week inside the top ten on the leaderboard, but as Wyndham Clark's birdie putt on 18 lipped out on the left side, we once again came up just short of cashing out second... Read More
Christiaan Bezuidenhout Looking To Put It All Together At TPC Sawgrass
The Florida Swing hasn't been nearly as kind as in years past for Christiaan Bezuidenhout, as he's lost a cumulative 1.6 shots to the field in two lackluster starts in Orlando and Palm Beach Gardens. Sawgrass, however, compares quite favorably to another Pete Dye design (PGA West), that saw Bezuidenhout finish as a runner-up two... Read More
Eric Cole Rebounding Well In The Sunshine State
After an opening-round 78 at the Cognizant Classic two weeks ago provided a disastrous start to his annual homecoming, Eric Cole rebounded quite nicely at a much more demanding track in Orlando. The Delray Beach native shot (-1) over four days at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill: gaining over 2.5 shots on the field average in... Read More
Brian Harman Playing The Dark-Horse Role Again At The Players
Despite a year of phenomenal firsts for Brian Harman in 2023, the fanfare has not yet reached fever pitch for the Georgia Bulldog to this point in the New Year. Harman still feels like a man still on the precipice of breaking through the glass ceiling of superstardom, and weeks like this in Ponte Vedra... Read More
Matt Fitzpatrick Searching For Answers Thus Far In 2024
It's been a rough start to the 2024 campaign for Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick, as our 2022 U.S. Open Champion has missed three of seven cuts and recorded no finish better than 14th through the first two-and-a-half months of the New Year. The going doesn't get much easier this week in Ponte Vedra, either, as TPC... Read More
Sahith Theegala One Of The Tour's Fastest Risers To Start The New Year
Sahith Theegala has long been regarded as one of the PGA Tour's premier microwaves: a birdie-making machine that can contend on the sport's biggest stages when the game gets hot. However, historic deficiencies with his ball-striking (particularly off of the tee), have robbed the young American of a stable week-to-week baseline through his first two... Read More
Sam Burns Brings A Stellar Run Of Form Into TPC Sawgrass
After an up-and-down 2023 campaign that saw him dip nine spots in the Official World Golf Rankings, Sam Burns has come flying out of the trap in the New Year. He recorded four straight top-ten finishes between California and Arizona during the Tour's West Coast Swing, and last week, returned to the state of Florida... Read More
Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 PLAYERS Championship
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given y'all every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at TPC Sawgrass. This Wednesday article will now serve as a final bow... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 PLAYERS Championship
After Scottie Scheffler slammed the door shut with a Sunday 66 around Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill, the word on all golf fans' minds is "repeat," as the World No. 1 now returns to another venue where he completed a five-shot demolition of a marquee field. Scheffler's new mallet putter has returned immediate life on the... Read More
Nicolai Hojgaard Looking Forward To Tackling Bay Hill
Last year's Champion of the DP World Tour Finals in Dubai has found mixed results to this point on the PGA Tour, as Nicolai Hojgaard followed up a runner-up finish at the Farmers with three pretty pedestrian finishes around Pebble Beach, Riviera, and Vidanta Vallarta. Given his elite combination of driving distance and iron play,... Read More
Eric Cole Back To Playing The Underdog Role At Bay Hill
It's hard to quantify just what went wrong last week for Eric Cole at PGA National, as the former Honda Classic runner-up carded an opening 78 around a relatively benign layout in Palm Beach Gardens. His last-place position on the Thursday leaderboard came as a shock to many of us in the golf industry, as... Read More
Brian Harman Facing Some Early Season Struggles
2023 was a year of firsts for the 37-year-old Brian Harman, as his triumph at the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool saw the Georgian reach his best-ever world ranking of eighth and receive his first invite to represent the United States Ryder Cup team. 2024 has not been quite as kind through two months, however,... Read More
Matthieu Pavon Continues To Impress
Although a Sunday 70 saw the Frenchman fall nearly 20 spots on the final leaderboard, Matthieu Pavon's debut in the Sunshine State was far from a fruitless endeavor. Pavon spent most of the week sitting inside the top 15 and continued a stellar combination of precise ball-striking and sublime putting that has allowed him to... Read More
Tom Kim Faces Stiff Test Around Bay Hill
2024 has provided Tom Kim with a mixed bag through the first two months of the campaign, as the 21-year-old star has seen his three consecutive top-35 finishes at marquee events in Los Angeles, Scottsdale, and Monterrey bookended with a missed cut at the American Express and a 62nd place finish last week around PGA... Read More
Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks - 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Between Monday's Course Preview piece (found right here on RotoBaller), and last night's podcast (currently posted on our X page), we've given y'all every possible trend, key stat, and player take needed to make the most educated betting decisions possible this week at Bay Hill Club and Lodge. This Wednesday article will now serve as... Read More
Scouting the Routing: 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational
After a fun little hors d'oeuvre in Palm Beach Gardens, the PGA Tour's Florida Swing moves quickly into the first of two upcoming main courses: the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge. "Major Championship Conditions" is a descriptor often overused in golf media, but with winning scores of (-9), (-5), (-11), and... Read More